#C538B5#C538B5

#C538B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.221 H 333.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C538B5
RGB	rgb(197, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(307, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(307, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.6%, 8.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 68.13, -36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 77.29, 331.83°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.1965 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.221 333)
XYZ	xyz(32.7808, 18.0376, 45.4622)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C538B5 #38C548

analogous

#8F38C5 #C538B5 #C5386E

triadic

#C538B5 #B5C538 #38B5C5

tetradic

#C538B5 #C58F38 #38C548 #386EC5

square

#C538B5 #C58F38 #38C548 #386EC5

split-complementary

#C538B5 #6EC538 #38C58F

monochromatic

#661D5D #952A89 #C538B5 #D467C7 #E196D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C538B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#C538B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C538B5

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C538B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C538B5	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3269B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE4673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c538b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.221 333.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da7ccb',
    500: '#c538b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c538b5;
$custom-light: #da7ccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c538b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.809,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59411,
    "c": 0.22055,
    "h": 333
  },
  "luminance": 0.18035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C538B5

secondary

#8CCD93

accent

#DF5A49

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBEFF8

border

#D4CAD1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C538B5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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